Easel.



PATENTED MAY 1, 1906.

J. WEBER.

BASEL.

APPLIUATION FILED DBC.13, 1905.

WJTNEESE@ JOHN VEBER, OF NENARK, NEWT` JERSEY.

Easier.;

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1, 1906.

Application led December 13. 19.05, Serial No. 291.647.

T all rubor/t it 71mg/ concern,.-

Be it known that I, J oHNvVEBnR, of Newark, in the county of Essex, inthe State of New Jersey, have invented new and useful Improvements inEasels, of which the following, taken in connection with theaccompanving drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in easels, and comprises,essentially, a leg and brace having sliding interlocking connection onewith the other and adapted to be attached to a display card or plate forreceiving or supporting advertising or other printed matter..

The essential purpose of the invention is to provid( the advertisingcard or plate with a simple, practical, and durable supportingleg and.brace having sliding interlockii'ig connection with each other, so thatthey may be readily folded flat-wise against the back of the plate orcard and may be readily extended or unfolded to their operativepositions Without liability of disconnecting one from the other.

A further object is to operatively connect the leg and brace in suchmanner that the leg is automatically thrownoutwardly by the meredepression of the brace and at the same time to enable one part toreinforce and stifl'en the other when brought to their operativepositions, thereby producing a rigid yet easily-flexed easel at acomparatively insignificant cost.

The more specific objects will be brought out in the followingdescription.

Figure 1 is perspective view of a display card or plate equipped with myimproved easel, Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse vertical and easel seenin Fig. 1.

In order to clearly demonstrate the practicability and utility of myinvention, l have shown a display-card i, which may be of any desiredform, size, or construction; but in the present instance lhave shown acompara tively stilll cardboard 2 as provided with a suitable facingfacing 3 being adapted to receive advertising or other matter Which itmay be d csircd to display and covers the entire outer surface of thecard 2, having its marginal edges folded over the edges and upon theback of the card or late 2 and adhesively secured to said bac byprinters paste or other adhesive. The back covering 4 is mainly for thepur ose off vgiving a neat or trim finish to the a ver- .stantiallysectional view through`the display-cardV 3 'and back covering 4, the

tising-card and is also adhesively secured to the back face oi' the card2 and overturned edges of the facing 3. rlhis advertising card or platel is supported in operative position upon a shelf, table, or otheravailable support by means ot a leg 5 and brace 6, both of which arepreferably formed of strips of cardboard or equivalent comparativelycheap material. The leg 5 is creased or scored at 7 near its upper end,leaving a comparatively short portion. 8, which is adbesively secured inthis instance to the bach ofthe plato 1 submidway between the ends, somedistance above the bottom, or near the top of said plate. ,The lowerport-ion 5, or proper, is adapted to be swung back and forth toward. andfrom the back of the plate l upon i the crease or score 7 and ispreferably of uniform width and thickness frein the crease or l score toits bottom edge, for a purpose which will bc presently apparent. Thebrace is creased or scored at I9 a short distance from one end, forminga comparatively short portion l0, which is adhesively secured to bachface of the plate 1 substantially n iidv s y between the ends, usuallynear the bottom of the plate 1 or some distance below the upper end ofthe leg 5. rl"he remaining portion of the brace 6 is adapted to befolded upon the crease orscore 9 toward and from the back of the plate landis provided .near its outer end with a transverse slot or opening 11of substantially the same cross-sectional dimensions as the leg 5 andthrough which said leg is inserted to afford a sliding interlockingconnection between the leg and brace. It therefore follows that theportion of the brace 6 having the slot 1l through which the leg 5passes, is somewhat Wider than thel width of said leg, so that the sidesand ends ot the slot 1-1 engage the opposite faces and edges of theI leg5, thereby aflordi ng ample beari ng for the parts 5 and (l, one uponthe other, and materially reinforcing them against twisting or torsionalstrains. lt is also obvious that bv making the leg oi uniform width fromend to end and causing it to sul'istantiall y iill the slot l l the treeends of the parte and. 6 may be moved one upon the other and eitherfolded iativise against the back of the plate l, as seen in Fig. 2, orunfolded 'to their o en ative positions, as seen in liig. l. It is o vi-IOS ous that in folding and unfolding the easel it 1s simply necessaryto engage the outer end of the brace 6 and move it up and down towardIIO and ironi the bach et' the 'plate l, which operation the .leg 5 isautomation-ily simi larljyv folded and unfolded te and 'from its onerative oositions.

ln the formation of iny impr fed easel it is simply necessar;T te outstrip et cardboard or equivalent material of uniform Width from end toend and of snitahlelength, according to the size of plate or advertisingcard which it is desired. to support, to crease or score said striptransversely a short distance from one end to, a'lord eon tively shortattaching enfl and ahinge upon which the longer end or leg may swing,and in addition to this to prepare a similar strip of cardboard orequivalent material eiserne- What greater Width and to crease it a shortdistance iron one end,4 so that the shorter end may be attached to theback of the card or plate and the longer end may be freely swung bachandiorth upon the crease or score. The slot ll is cut in the strip orbrace section 6 a distance from its creaseor score 9l somewhat less thanthe distance v between said crease or score 9 and the crease 7' oi theleg-section 5, so that the brace and leg may have sliding interlockingconnection with each other between their ends, it being understood thatthe length oi' the leg proper is greater than the distance between thecreases er scores 7 and Q when. the brace and leg are operativelyvsecured to the back of the plate l, so that when the parts are unfolded,as seen in Fig. 2, the lower end of the leg extends sonie distance belowthe crease oriscore 9, but terminates above the lower edge of the platel. This manner of constructing the easel enables both of the parts 5 andto be folded latwise against the back of the plate l, sothat the easelai.'7 the display-card which it sup )rts may oe packed in an extremely snail space, Which enables the coinp'leted articles to be stored andshipped at a comparatively small cost.

Ms@ #e f s. i, ximg in ai. taser oi the class Losoiieco, or plate, in'win'bination With a llraee at teen/ed eneend th card or plate havingits other/end Aadagizted to swr-eg t frein the `plate .and provided witha trans' .Y slot substantially the saine Width lengt-liaise of the braceas the thickness of g, and e leg attached to one end el the parte andlering its other end passed throng"- slot to establish a slidinginterlocking connection with the brace-- in ali-easel et the classdescribed, a card or plate, in combination with a leg and brace, eachhinged at one end to the plate, one el the parts being provided with atransverse slot receiving the other part said slot of substantially thesaine Width in the direc tion of length of the part in wh l it is formedas theother part which slides therein, Whereb5T sliding interlockingconnection is esM tablished between'the two parts which en ables them tobe folded. atwise against the plate the part entering the slot beingslidaole endwise therein as the parts are folded and unfolded. ln aneasel of the class described, a card or plate, in combination with a legand brace each hinged at one end to the card or plate, the brace beingprovided with a transverse slot and the leg being of uniform Width from`end to end and substantially eqnal'to the 'width of the slot, said legbeing 1'neer yed through the slot in the brace to establish a slidinginterlocking connection therewith, whereby said parts may be folded'llat'wise against the plate, or unfolded forming with the plate atriangular brace.

In Witness Whereoic l have hereunto set my hand this 9th day ofDecember, 1905.

JGHN VJEBER..

. litnesses:

T1NM. H. STEVENSON, Jr.,

Hin-eins G. CRAWFORD.

